Ok, so despite the craziness of prepping for nationals, frantically replacing my sewing machine, and trying to get everything done, I was too excited by my recent stash acquisitions that I just had to share them. It has been pretty hectic since my sister returned from Europe, and I haven’t had time to properly document … More Last Great European Pattern Haul
The German website is first to post a preview of the August garments, but it looks to be only a partial posting. You can see their preview with the garment photos and line drawings. The awesomesauce new Russian website has the full preview here. Overall I have to say that, even if there isn’t anything … More Newsflash: Burda August Preview Announced
The Russia website has posted their early preview of the August issue. Burda is definitely heading into fall, and I must say that there is a lot more to intrigue me than in the summer issues. Although it is a bit hard to tell before the line drawings come out, so far I am liking … More Newsflash – Burda August Early Preview Posted
Ok you guys – confession time. Yesterday I sewed. For myself. Not one of the five practice outfits I need to make in the next week, but some nice summery linen pants! After the past two weeks where I have nearly killed myself with a few all-nighters trying to get stuff done for people who … More Sew Naughty – A Sewing Challenge Item Completed!
Ok, so I went to Joann Fabrics to get the latest Butterick patterns on sale: They had all the patterns I wanted! It probably helped that they forgot to put the $1.99 sale sign out… But I made the mistake of stopping at the good Joann’s (yes, there is a good one – they have … More It followed me home…
Ok, so yesterday I posted when the German website put up the full preview of the garment images, but today Russian Burda has put up a full preview of all the magazine images! Awesome! The model photos don’t really do anything to change my opinion of what is in this issue, BUT it appears German … More Burda July Update – I Jumped the Gun!
The German Burda website has posted the full preview of the garment images and line drawings for July. Overall I have to say this is my least favorite issue this year so far. There really aren’t any fabulously tailored pieces, and even their easy resort-wear is sort of a joke – let’s make things out … More Newsflash: July Burda Full Preview Posted!
The much anticipated and somewhat feared transition to the new Russian Burda website is complete. Â You can check it out here: http://www.burdastyle.ru It seems to have a lot of the features of the newer German and American websites, EXCEPT it also has a page for the journals! Â It has all of the magazines from this … More Newsflash – New Russian Burda Website is Up!
The German Burda website has put up their own preview of the July Burda. I am not too impressed. If you are looking for shorts or loose button-down shirt you might be in luck. Otherwise… meh. I still hold out hope for the full preview, but I am not holding out too much hope at this … More More Burda July Preview Pictures
If a sewing-obsessed person can’t sew up the patterns they are dreaming of, they apparently buy fabric to make up for it. A lot of fabric. A lot a lot of fabric. Too much fabric. So, um, yeah, I bought a lot of fabric from Fabric Mart… But to be fair, they were having a … More If One Can’t Sew…
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